Bad Business - Softcover

Robert B. Parker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425202151 ISBN 13: 9780425202159

Publisher: BERKLEY PENGUIN, 2004

Synopsis

One of the great series in the history of the American detective story gets even better when Spenser is hired by a jilted bride to follow a cheating husband, only to cross paths with a detective hires to tail the two-timing wife. They aren't the most trusting couple in town, but as it turns out, they are the most dangerous.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

When Marlene Cowley hires Spenser to see if her husband Trent is cheating on her, he encounters more than he bargained for: not only does he find a two-timing husband, but a second investigator as well, hired by the husband to look after his wife. As a result of their joint efforts, Spenser soon finds himself investigating both individual depravity and corporate corruption.

It seems the folks in the Cowleys' circle have become enamored of radio talk show host Darrin O'Mara, whose views on Courtly Love are clouding some already fuzzy minds with the notion of cross-connubial relationships. O'Mara's brand of sex therapy is unconventional at best, unlawful--and deadly--at worst. Then a murder at Kinergy, where Trent Cowley is CFO, sends Spenser in yet another direction. Apparently, the unfettered pursuit of profit has a price.

With razor sharp characterizations and finely honed prose, this is Parker at the height of his powers.
From the Compact Disc edition.

About the Author:

ROBERT B. PARKER is the author of more than forty books. He lives in Boston.

About this edition

• Publisher: BERKLEY PENGUIN
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0425202151
• ISBN 13: 9780425202159
• Binding: Paperback